My name is Morose Alponse Gravano,
An Italian by birth, but now a yank,
I'm just about to rob another bank
Caught between a dare and true bravado.
And do these easy pickings give a buzz?
To illustrate what fear can rectify,
One moment can inflict a do or die
Nothing's better than what killing does.
Whilst lurking this vicinity of shame,
I wallow from the shadow of control
And every twilight saw a police patrol
Inspire me to believe that this was fame.
Well, Tito was before I checked him out,
An alias that camouflages well:
Within the underworld from one farewell
Another one for real could do without.
I've haggled over one response to death,
When murders need to be, I have been there
The freedom to believe I really care,
Garrotte's the bastard one despairing breath.
Comes a point, when torture is performed
An outside looking in, sees death as like
Them looking in the mirror, so deformed!
Prefer to pay their dues than take a hike.
Now dreams are made of this, that loyalty,
Become a family trait and just one voice
And one that only godfather's give choice
Selecting those who pride insanity.
A cleverness is needed for the climb,
To gods which further venture them insane
The credibility that I retain,
Is, bribery can always deal with crime.
Author notes
One moment can inflict a do or die
Nothing's better than what killing does.
A contest entry
- Rhyming Ramblings by piccola.
700 points, ended July 20, 2007, 29 entries
Silver trophy winner
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WOW! I feel like I have just watched another 'Godfather' movie...your imagery and flow are just wonderful...who needs the movies when poets like you write pieces of art like this?
Cathy
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Really great poetry. I like the art work too. Good imagry and the rhyme and flow were great. thank you very much for the fine entry.
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A wonderful write, in a form I have never been able to master. Very intriguing grabbed me right from the start and held me until the end. Three applauses is not enough.
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i agree with the rest of these wonderful writers. this was absolutely wonderful. ~ hdb.
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I think you have a heart of gold but not all see it in your words....your lines of imanation is breath taking by times...and your imagrey is wonderful always to me...I always seem to get so much beyond your words when I read them....you seem to be verry gifted in all your words/works....and I enjoythem so verry much more then I can say...you can take any subject so it seems and make a masterpeice from it...and that is a wonderful thing...and i thank you for sharing this with us your viewers and of course me too...as always...
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same thing as amera said definitely an enjoyable read. my only grip is the switch up in rhyming structure in the 6th stanza. kinda threw me off a bit. otherwise this is a solid entering in the contest in my opinion. good luck
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This is fantastic! You captured my mind and took it with you into a deep meaningful story. Penned with your usual superb vocabulary, the read was both smooth and enjoyable. I love your mind!
Love,
Amera ♥
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